Salvage

For his Salvages series, nine paintings in all, Jess recycled his own saved older canvases and found thrift shop paintings. Like the Translation series, each image is accompanied by a literary text that is not directly interpretative but intended to elaborate the potential meaning of both text and painting.

Jess Collins painting "Attention Which Is The Eye Of The Heart": Salvages III

Attention Which Is The Eye Of The Heart: Salvages III

1963-1972, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches

Jess Collins painting "Rintrah Roars….": Salvages VI

Rintrah Roars….: Salvages VI

1965/1981, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches, Collection The Grand Rapids Art Museum

Jess Collins painting "Signd and Resignd: Salvages VII"

Signd and Resignd: Salvages VII

1965/1987, oil on canvas; 16 x 20 inches, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Private collection and collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, fractional gift of Elaine McKeon

Jess Collins painting "Danger Don't Advance": Salvages IX (last painting)

Danger Don’t Advance: Salvages IX (last painting)

c. 1990, oil on canvas, 44 x 18.75 inches, Tibor de Nagy Gallery